Section 9 schools have placed a good number of athletes into the final rounds of the New York State Federation boys swimming championships in Ithaca.
All swimmers competed during preliminary rounds on Friday – the top 10 finishers advance to Saturday’s ‘A’ final, the next 10 to the ‘B’ final and the following 10 to the ‘C’ final.

Qualifying for the ‘A’ finals are: Kingston junior Mason Crowley (50-meter freestyle); F.D. Roosevelt senior Troy Speare (100 butterfly); Cornwall senior Devin Rothman (100 backstroke); Warwick senior Connor Holland (100 back); Onteora junior Liam Young (100 breaststroke); Kingston’s 200-yard medley relay; Pine Bush’s 200 free relay; and, Kingston’s 400 free relay.
Moving on to ‘B’ finals are: Onteora’s Young (200 free); Cornwall’s Rothman (200 individual medley); Monroe-Woodbury senior Joshua Insdorf (200 IM); Pine Bush’s 200 medley relay; and, Pine Bush’s 400 free relay.
Advancing to ‘C’ finals are: Red Hook junior Reuben Berko (100 fly); Warwick’s Holland (100 free); and, Monroe-Woodbury’s Insdorf (500 free).
Competition resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Federation includes schools from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, New York City’s Public Schools Athletic League and the Catholic High School Athletic Association.
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State Federation meet Friday prelims
(top 10 finishers to Saturday’s A final, next 10 to B final, third 10 to C final)
200-yard medley relay (meet record 1:32.31): 1. McQuaid Jesuit-5 1:31.67*; 2. Hauppauge-Smithtown-11 1:34.19; 3. Stuyvesant 1:34.79; 8. Kingston-9 (Mason Crowley, Jr.; Aidan Baker, Sr.; Philip Lettre, Jr.; Nick Mastro, Soph.) 1:36.41 (to A final); 14. Pine Bush-9 (Liam Blackwell, Sr.; A.J. Giannini, Soph.; Jackson Hujus, Sr.; Dominic Licardi, Sr.) 1:37.77 (to B final); 35. Monroe-Woodbury-9 (Nico Cano, Jr.; Joshua Insforf, Sr.; Gavin Kick, Fr.; Brandon Peng, Soph.) 1:41.15.
200 freestyle (meet record 1:35.88): 1. Brendan Miller (Ward Melville-11) 1:39.88; 2. Carter Kobielski (Williamsville-South-6) 1:49,18l ; 3. Max Anderson (Willaimsville-East-6) 1:40.30; 12. Liam Young (Onteora-9, Jr.) 1:43.71 (to B final); 41. Conor Mummery (Newburgh-9, Jr.) 1:48.37.
200 IM (meet record: 1:46.00): 1. Anderson Baird (Saratoga Springs-2) 1:49.50; 2. Ben Hinds (McQuaid-5) 1:51.76; 3. Andrew Badovych (Msgr. Farrell-CHSAA) 1:51.81; 16. Devin Rothman (Cornwall-9, Sr.) 1:58.58 (to B final); 19. Joshua Insdorf (Monroe-Woodbury-9, Sr.) 1:58.74 (to B final).
50 freestyle (meet record 20.08): 1. Liam Mac Colla (Stuyvesant-PSAL) 20.34; 2. Tyler Gallub (Hauppauge/Smithtown)-11) 20.61; 3. Mason Crowley (Kingston-9, Jr.) 20.68 (to A final); 42. Dominic Licardi (Pine Bush-9, Sr.) 22.19; 46. Liam Blackwell (Pine Bush-9, Sr.) 22.30.
100 butterfly (meet record 47.76): 1. Christian Jerome (HV-2) 48.83; 2. Ian Miller (McQuaid Jesuit-5) 49.15; 3. Troy Speare (F.D. Roosevelt-9, Sr.) 49.66 (to A final); 28. Reuben Berko (Red Hook-9, Jr.) 53.15 (to C final); 31. Jackson Hujus (Pine Bush-9, Sr.) 53.28; 39. Nick Napoli (Our Lady of Lourdes-9, Sr.) 53.92; 41. Philip Lettre (Kingston-9, Jr.) 53.99.
100 freestyle (meet record 43.70): 1. Liam Mac Colla (Stuyvesant-PSAL) 44.71; 2. Mason Crowley (Kingston-9, Jr.) 44.75; 3. Carter Kobielski (Williamsville South-6) 45.33; 22. Connor Holland (Warwick-9, Sr.) 47.81 (to C final).
500 freestyle (meet record 4:21.06): 1. Avi Stahl (Scarsdale-1) 4:33.14; 2. Johnny Macko (Bellmore/Merrick-8) 4:33.24; 3. Gavin Buckley (Chaminade-CHSAA) 4:34.91; 27. Joshua Insdorf (Monroe-Woodbury-9, Sr.) 4:53.03 (to C final).
200 freestyle relay (meet record 1:23.84): 1. McQuaid Jesuit-5 1:23.80*; 2. Hauppauge/Smithtown-11 1:25.06; 3. Pittsford-5 1:26.28; 9. Pine Bush-9 (Liam Blackwell, Sr.; Jackson Hujus, Sr.; Matthew Webster, Jr.; Dominic Licardi, Sr.) 1:27.96 (to A final); 34. Kingston-9 (Philip Lettre, Jr.; Cole Winrow, Jr.; Jonathan Bruck, Fr.; Aidan Baker, Sr.) 1:31.55.
100 backstroke (meet record 48.53): 1. Jacob Hershberg (Bethlehem-2) 49.43; 2. Brendan Miller (Ward Melville) 50.03; 3. Devin Rothman (Cornwall-9, Sr.) 50.52 (to A final); 12. Connor Holland (Warwick-9, Sr.) 52.49 (to B final).
100 breaststroke (meet record 53.35): 1. Andrew Koek (Manhasset-8) 55.59; 2. Andrew Badovych (Msgr. Farrell-CHSAA) 56.14; 3. Anderson Baird (Saratoga-2) 56.21; 4. Liam Young (Onteora-9, Jr.) 56.66 (to A final); 26. Nick Napoli (Our Lady of Lourdes-9, Sr.) 59.61 (to C final).
400 freestyle relay (meet record 3:03.68): 1. McQuaid Jesuit-5 3:06.23; 2. Chaminade-CHSAA 3:09.18; 3. Maine-Endwell-4 3:10.60; 10. Kingston-9 (Aidan Baker, Sr.; Philip Lettre, Jr.; Cole Winrow, Jr.; Mason Crowley, Jr.) 3:15.43 (to A final); 11. Pine Bush-9 (Liam Blackwell, Sr.; Jackson Hujus, Sr.; Matthew Webster, Jr.; Dominic Licardi, Sr.) 3:15.56 (to B final).
State Federation Friday finals
1-meter diving (meet record 611.85 points; not complete as of 7:45 p.m.; SEEDS): 1. Tristan Yang (Jer-8) 624.40; 2. Drew Voloshin (Warwick-9, Fr.) 609.20; 3. Kyler Thomas (Chvl-5) 596.20; 4. Julien Crampe (GC-8) 583.65; 5. Charles Dovichi (HFL-5) 574.35; 12. Lucas Wensley (Warwick-9, Sr.) 520.65; 14. Macklin Tomlinson (Warwick-9, Fr.) 511.10; 28. Danyal Hafeez (Warwick-9, Fr.) 457.30.
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Check out the New York Federation boys swimming championship prelims results
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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